Fully 2 frac(1, 2) D flow modeling of resin infusion under flexible tooling using unstructured meshes and wet and dry compaction properties

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 51-60

  Kessels, Josef F A ^a   Jonker, Attie S ^a   Akkerman, Remko ^b  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

A. Preform; C. Computational modeling; E. Resin flow

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

COMPACTION FLUX; HEIGHT DISTRIBUTIONS; RESIN FLOW; UNSTRUCTURED MESHES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 33751216463     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2006.01.025     Document Type: Article

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